tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post143261401775524210..comments2024-03-03T04:40:39.492-05:00Comments on Fire Megan McArdle: Hellobradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907349163323395529noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-59871485171356793402009-09-02T19:18:32.341-04:002009-09-02T19:18:32.341-04:00Knowing neither industrial-strength philosophy nor...Knowing neither industrial-strength philosophy nor economics, I still feel able to state without fear of contradiction: Huh?<br /><br />Philosophy is, by definition, the most abstract of the humanities. "Nailing all its terms down" is an end, not (as in other disciplines) a means. Philosophy, one might say, is the pursuit of adequately nailed terms, which are never, by definition, attained.<br /><br />Economics--need one say this?--is supposed to be a science. A science begins with nailed-down terms and uses them as tools for studying the quantifiable phenomena of the external world.<br /><br />What a deeply, deeply stupid thing to say. You what else is deeply stupid? Me, for always being surprised at her.Mr. Wonderfulnoreply@blogger.com